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On March 13, the Tribune-Sentinel • Dispatch published an article stating O’Reilly Auto Parts could be a prospective buyer for the shuttered Rite Aid Pharmacy store at 2325 Grand Island Blvd.
Now, WBEN radio has broadcast that O'Reilly paid $1.3 million for the nearly 11,000-square-foot former Grand Island Rite Aid. The new O'Reilly location is scheduled to open later this fall.
Back in March, Grand Island Supervisor Peter Marston told Niagara Frontier Publications that he had received an inquiry from an auto parts store indicating interest in the former Rite Aid.
“We got a ‘How do you feel about this?’ letter. Like, ‘Does this fit your zoning? Does this fit your compliance? If it doesn’t, what doesn’t fit?’ ” Marston said. “They showed us a plan that somebody took the time to put together.”
“That’s usually a good sign, because it had no problems,” he said. “What they showed us fit 100%.
“We don’t know that they bought it. We don’t know if they’re going forward. We just know that they were looking.”
O'Reilly has bought five area Rite Aid sites in recent months as it continues with its aggressive regional expansion, WBEN radio said.
Rite Aid shuttered some 800 stores during its 2023 bankruptcy. Then, in May 2025, the pharmacy chain filed for its second bankruptcy and proceeded to close the majority of its remaining 1,200 stores.
The Grand Island store closed its pharmacy on June 23, then closed the entire store weeks later.
There is an Advance Auto Parts store at 2166 Grand Island Blvd., in the Tops Plaza.
O’Reilly Auto Parts started as a single store and has grown into a leading retailer in the automotive aftermarket industry with more than 6,100 locations and counting.
1859 Whitehaven Road, Grand Island, NY 14072
Phone: 716-773-7676
Fax: 716-773-7190
